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  1. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a frequent primary liver cancer, and it is one of the leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a crucial risk factor for HCC. Thus, this st...

    Authors: Lei Wang, Manman Qiu, Lili Wu, Zexing Li, Xinyi Meng, Lu He and Bing Yang
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:60
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  2. Actinic keratosis (AK) is a precursor of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC). UV radiation is the major risk factor for AK, but certain human papillomaviruses (HPVs) of the beta genus are also involved in...

    Authors: Maria Gabriella Donà, Tarik Gheit, Maria Vincenza Chiantore, Maria Fenicia Vescio, Fabiola Luzi, Francesca Rollo, Luisa Accardi, Carlo Cota, Luisa Galati, Giovanna Romeo, Massimo Giuliani, Massimo Tommasino and Paola Di Bonito
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:59
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  3. Exosomes are the smallest group of extracellular vesicles in size from 30 to 150 nm, surrounded by a lipid bilayer membrane, and originate from multivesicular bodies secreted by different types of cells, such ...

    Authors: Shahab Mahmoudvand, Somayeh Shokri, Mohsen Nakhaie, Farid Azizi Jalilian, Ameneh Mehri-Ghahfarrokhi, Reza Yarani and Ali Shojaeian
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:58
    Content type: Review Published on:

  4. The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) causes various B-cell lymphomas and epithelial malignancies, including gastric cancer (GC) at frequencies ranging from 5 to 10% in adenocarcinomas (ADK) to 80% in GC with lymphoid ...

    Authors: M. C. Siciliano, S. Tornambè, G. Cevenini, E. Sorrentino, M. Granai, G. Giovannoni, D. Marrelli, I. Biviano, F. Roviello, H. Yoshiyama, L. Leoncini, S. Lazzi and L. Mundo
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:57
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  5. Antiviral therapy has been shown to benefit long-term survival after curative hepatectomy in patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV)-associated hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with high levels of HBV-DNA, but the...

    Authors: Ziqiang Li, Chengpeng Tan, Xiaohong Liu, Zhe Feng and Kun Li
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:56
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  6. Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is recognized as one of the major causes of infection-related cancer worldwide. In Spain, the HPV vaccination program started in 2007 and until 2022, it targeted 12-year-ol...

    Authors: Noelia López, Ignacio Salamanca de la Cueva, Elena Taborga, Auxiliadora Fernández de Alba, Inés Cabeza, Reyes Mazas Raba, Josep Marès, Patricia Company, Bruno Herrera and Manuel Cotarelo
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:55
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  8. Recent studies have shown the importance of the microbiota in women's health. Indeed, the persistence of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)-related lesions in patients with dysbiosis can be the antechamber to cervica...

    Authors: Miriam Dellino, Eliano Cascardi, Antonio Simone Laganà, Giovanni Di Vagno, Antonio Malvasi, Rosanna Zaccaro, Katia Maggipinto, Gerardo Cazzato, Salvatore Scacco, Raffaele Tinelli, Alessandro De Luca, Marina Vinciguerra, Vera Loizzi, Antonella Daniele, Ettore Cicinelli, Carmine Carriero…
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:53
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  9. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) causes acute and chronic infection in the clinic. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is closely linked to HBV infection. Serum Golgi protein 73 (GP73) increases during HBV infection. Howeve...

    Authors: Long Liu, Yanping Huang, Yanan Fu, Jingjing Rao, Feng Zeng, Manshan Ji, Xiang Xu, Jianyong Zhu, Weixing Du and Zhixin Liu
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:52
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  10. Nowadays, cancer is the leading cause of death among threats to humanity, necessitating prompt action and preparation. Cervical cancer is one of the most common cancers in women and is currently treated with s...

    Authors: Dorsa Haghighi, Shaghayegh Yazdani, Mahdieh Farzanehpour and Hadi Esmaeili Gouvarchinghaleh
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:51
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  11. Bladder cancer is a challenging public health concern in South of Iran because of its high prevalence and the related medical expenses. Although the exact etiology of bladder cancer remains unknown, given the ...

    Authors: Reza Taherkhani and Fatemeh Farshadpour
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:50
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  12. Patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) are more likely to develop severe course of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and experience increased risk of mortality compared to S...

    Authors: Saad Alhumaid, Abbas Al Mutair, Jawad S. Busubaih, Nourah Al Dossary, Murtadha Alsuliman, Sarah A. Baltyour, Ibrahim Alissa, Hassan I. Al Hassar, Noor A. Al Aithan, Hani A. Albassri, Suliman A. AlOmran, Raed M. ALGhazal, Ahmed Busbaih, Nasser A. Alsalem, Waseem Alagnam, Mohammed Y. Alyousef…
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:49
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  13. In order to increase HPV vaccination, it is necessary to identify the factors influencing vaccination behavior among different cultures and the young adult populations. To evaluate the factors influencing HPV ...

    Authors: Soudabeh Yarmohammadi, Mohtasham Ghaffari, Yadollah Mehrabi, Samira Mousavi and Ali Ramezankhani
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:48
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  14. Oncogenic viruses, including hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), human papillomavirus (HPV), Epstein Barr virus (EBV), and Kaposi Sarcoma Herpes virus (KSHV) contribute to a significant proportio...

    Authors: Eva H. Clark, Sarah T. Ahmed, Elaine Chang, Elizabeth Y. Chiao and Donna L. White
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:47
    Content type: Comment Published on:

  15. The most common type of cancer of the digestive system is hepatocellular carcinoma. In China, many patients harbour HBV. The lin28B/Let-7c/MYC axis is associated with the occurrence of many cancers. Therefore,...

    Authors: Like Zhang, Xia Jiang, Guiqi Wang, Tatsuo Kanda, Osamu Yokosuka, Congjie Zhai, Lei Zhang, Peng Liu, Zengren Zhao and Zhongxin Li
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:46
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  17. Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the primary cause of invasive cervical cancer (ICC). The prevalence of various HPV genotypes, ranging from oncogenically low- to high-risk, may be influenced by geographic and dem...

    Authors: Charles D. Warden, Preetam Cholli, Hanjun Qin, Chao Guo, Yafan Wang, Chetan Kancharla, Angelique M. Russell, Sylvana Salvatierra, Lorraine Z. Mutsvunguma, Kerin K. Higa, Xiwei Wu, Sharon Wilczynski, Raju Pillai and Javier Gordon Ogembo
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:44
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  18. Cervical cancer is a public health challenge despite the available free screening service in Ethiopia. Early screening for cervical cancer significantly improves the chances of successful treatment of pre-canc...

    Authors: Abraham Tamirat Gizaw, Ziad El-Khatib, Wadu Wolancho, Demuma Amdissa, Shemsedin Bamboro, Minyahil Tadesse Boltena, Seth Christopher Yaw Appiah, Benedict Oppong Asamoah, Yitbarek Wasihun and Kasahun Girma Tareke
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:43
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  19. Cervical cancer prevention for older women can be challenging since there are no specific guidelines for this group. This study aimed to determine the incidence of oncogenic HPV and HPV-related dysplasia in elder...

    Authors: Ruth S. Hermansson, Matts Olovsson, Inger Gustavsson, Ulf Gyllensten, Olga Lindkvist, Julia Hedlund Lindberg, Gabriella Lillsunde-Larsson and Annika K. Lindström
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:42
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  20. To date, there is no information on the safety and efficacy of the novel anti-sarbecoviruses monoclonal antibody sotrovimab administered, as a post-exposure prophylactic measure, during the aplastic phase of a...

    Authors: Gianpaolo Marcacci, Nicola Coppola, Emanuela Madonna, Cristina Becchimanzi, Stefania De Pascalis, Silvia D’Ovidio, Stefania Crisci, Piera Maiolino, Rosaria De Filippi and Antonio Pinto
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:41
    Content type: Brief Report Published on:

  21. Both SARS-CoV-2 mRNA-based vaccines [BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) and mRNA-1273 (Moderna)] have shown high efficacy, with very modest side effects in limiting transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and in preventing the sev...

    Authors: Maria Antonietta Isgrò, Giusy Trillò, Luigi Russo, Anna Lucia Tornesello, Luigi Buonaguro, Maria Lina Tornesello, Leonardo Miscio, Nicola Normanno, Attilio Antonio Montano Bianchi, Franco Maria Buonaguro and Ernesta Cavalcanti
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:40
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  22. Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) has worldwide variations in incidence that are related to the age of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. This study examined the age-specific incidence rate (ASIR) of BL and community E...

    Authors: Dana N. Muhealdeen, Alan Shwan, Rafil T. Yaqo, Hemin A. Hassan, Bryar O. Muhammed, Rawa M. Ali and Michael D. Hughson
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:39
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  23. COVID-19 infection is a serious threat to patients with primary diseases, especially multiple cancers. Studies suggest that cancer patients are one of the most susceptible populations to experience severe COVI...

    Authors: Hamidreza Zalpoor, Abdullatif Akbari, Negar Nayerain Jazi, Mahsa Liaghat and Maryam Bakhtiyari
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:38
    Content type: Correspondence Published on:

  25. This is a report on the research activities currently ongoing in virology, oncology and virus-associated cancers and possibilities of their treatment and prevention by vaccines and immunotherapies as outlined ...

    Authors: Maria G. Isaguliants, Ivan Trotsenko and Franco M. Buonaguro
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17(Suppl 2):28
    Content type: Proceedings Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 2

  26. Kaposi sarcoma is one of the most prevalent HIV-associated malignancies in sub-Saharan Africa and is often diagnosed at advanced stage of disease. Only 50% of KS patients who qualify for chemotherapy receive i...

    Authors: Devon E. McMahon, Rhea Singh, Linda Chemtai, Aggrey Semeere, Helen Byakwaga, Merridy Grant, Miriam Laker-Oketta, Celestine Lagat, Sigrid Collier, Toby Maurer, Jeffrey Martin, Ingrid V. Bassett, Lisa Butler, Samson Kiprono, Naftali Busakhala and Esther E. Freeman
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:37
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  27. The mouse mammary tumour virus (MMTV) is implicated in the aetiology of murine mammary carcinomas and a variant of it, the type B leukemogenic virus, can cause murine thymic lymphomas. Interestingly, a MMTV-li...

    Authors: Francesca Parisi, Francesca Lessi, Michele Menicagli, Prospero Civita, Romano Liotti, Francesca Millanta, Giulia Freer, Mauro Pistello, Chiara Maria Mazzanti and Alessandro Poli
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:35
    Content type: Review Published on:

  28. Hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) accounts for more than half of total HCC patients in developing countries. Currently, HBV-related HCC diagnosis and prognosis still lack specific ...

    Authors: Yi-Min Hu, Ruoxi Ran, Chaoqi Yang and Song-Mei Liu
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:34
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  30. Intestinal protozoa Blastocystis hominis and Cryptosporidium spp. are two influential factors in intestinal complications and malignancies. In present study, we estimated the pooled prevalence and odds ratio (OR)...

    Authors: Ali Taghipour, Esmail Rayatdoost, Amir Bairami, Saeed Bahadory and Amir Abdoli
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:32
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  31. Serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) concentration has been used for the evaluation and prediction of prognosis of several tumors, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the relationship between chang...

    Authors: Genghui Zhuang, Yuping Xie, Junfeng Hong, Shan Lin, Tingting Chen and Wenzheng Fang
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:31
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  32. Cefminox sodium is an antimicrobial agent with broad-spectrum antibacterial activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Cefminox sodium has high security in clinical practice for its few adverse...

    Authors: Shuling Wu, Xiaoyue Bi, Yanjie Lin, Liu Yang, Minghui Li and Yao Xie
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:30
    Content type: Brief Report Published on:

  33. The β3 human papillomavirus (HPV)49 induces immortalization of primary keratinocytes through the action of E6 and E7 oncoproteins with an efficiency similar to alpha high risk (HR)-HPV16. Since HR-HPV oncoprot...

    Authors: Maria Vincenza Chiantore, Marco Iuliano, Roberta Maria Mongiovì, Sankhadeep Dutta, Massimo Tommasino, Paola Di Bonito, Luisa Accardi, Giorgio Mangino and Giovanna Romeo
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:29
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  34. To verify the association of high-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) viral load reflected by cycle threshold (Ct) values from HPV testing on Cobas4800 assay with the histologic grades of cervical lesions via an...

    Authors: Yi Zhang, Hui Du, Aimin Xiao, Wei Zhang, Chun Wang, Xia Huang, Xinfeng Qu, Jianliu Wang and Ruifang Wu
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:27
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  35. High-risk (HR) human papillomavirus (HPV) persistence is the most important risk factor for cervical cancer. We have assessed the type-specific HR HPV persistence among HIV positive and HIV negative Tanzanian ...

    Authors: Patricia Swai, Vibeke Rasch, Ditte S. Linde, Bariki Mchome, Rachel Manongi, Chun Sen Wu, Marianne Waldstrom, Thomas Iftner, Julius Mwaiselage and Susanne K. Kjaer
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:26
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  36. This article provides an overview of diffusion kurtosis (DKI) imaging in abdominal oncology. DKI allows for more data on tissue structures than the conventional diffusion model (DWI). However, DKI requires hig...

    Authors: Vincenza Granata, Roberta Fusco, Andrea Belli, Ginevra Danti, Eleonora Bicci, Carmen Cutolo, Antonella Petrillo and Francesco Izzo
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:25
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  37. There are few reports on lung cancer among people with HIV (PWH) in Sub-Saharan Africa. In this report, we describe a cohort of PWH and lung cancer at the Uganda Cancer Institute.

    Authors: Joseph Baruch Baluku, Naghib Bogere, Sharon Namiiro, Victoria Walusansa, Irene Andia-Biraro, William Worodria and Bruce Kirenga
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:24
    Content type: Brief Report Published on:

  39. Authors: Vincenza Granata, Roberta Fusco, Andrea Belli, Valentina Borzillo, Pierpaolo Palumbo, Federico Bruno, Roberta Grassi, Alessandro Ottaiano, Guglielmo Nasti, Vincenzo Pilone, Antonella Petrillo and Francesco Izzo
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:22
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:13

  41. Various investigations have expanded the views that tuberculosis is an important risk factor for lung cancer occurrence. Lung cancer originates from chronic inflammation and infection. It is becoming clearer t...

    Authors: Yongwei Qin, Yujie Chen, Jinliang Chen, Kuang Xu, Feifan Xu and Jiahai Shi
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:20
    Content type: Review Published on:

  42. Human papillomavirus is a primary cause of cervical cancer and genital warts. HPV vaccine can prevent high-grade cervical lesions as well as cervical cancer. The aim of this study was to analyze the prevalence...

    Authors: Liuting Wei, Liping Ma, Lingyan Qin and Zhihu Huang
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:19
    Content type: Research Published on:

  43. To compare the survival outcomes and adverse events of patients with locally advanced cervical cancer (LACC) who received platinum monotherapy with concurrent chemoradiation therapy (CCRT) versus platinum-base...

    Authors: Ting Deng, Shequn Gu, Jianchi Wu and Yuanyi Yu
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:18
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  44. Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) can effectively alleviate liver fibrosis, which is a pathological injury caused by various chronic liver diseases. This study aimed to investigate the antifibrotic ef...

    Authors: Zhaoguo Liu, Song Zhou, Ya Zhang and Ming Zhao
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:17
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  45. High recurrence rate was a major factor for the poor postoperative prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients. The present study was intended to evaluate the association of gamma-glutamyl transpeptid...

    Authors: Zeping Li, Lili Liang, Wen Duan, Chengmao Zhou and Jian-Jun Yang
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:16
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  47. In populations with high rates of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-coinfection, the nature of the relationship between human papillomavirus (HPV)-16 and -18 (L1, E6 and E7) antibodies and cervical cancer is ...

    Authors: Mwiza Gideon Singini, Elvira Singh, Debbie Bradshaw, Wenlong Carl Chen, Melitah Motlhale, Abram Bunya Kamiza, Chantal Babb de Villiers, Mazvita Muchengeti, Christopher G. Mathew, Robert Newton, Noemi Bender, Tim Waterboer and Freddy Sitas
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:14
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

  48. This paper offers an assessment of diagnostic tools in the evaluation of Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma (ICC).

    Authors: Vincenza Granata, Roberta Fusco, Andrea Belli, Valentina Borzillo, Pierpaolo Palumbo, Federico Bruno, Roberta Grassi, Alessandro Ottaiano, Guglielmo Nasti, Vincenzo Pilone, Antonella Petrillo and Francesco Izzo
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:13
    Content type: Research Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:22

  49. Co-infection with HIV is a strong risk factor for cervical cancer development. It is unknown whether women with HIV in Guangxi, China are utilizing currently available cervical cancer screening services, what ...

    Authors: Ran Zhao, Shujia Liang, Deanna Teoh, Yunqing Fei, Xianwu Pang and Shalini Kulasingam
    Citation: Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:12
    Content type: Research Article Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in Infectious Agents and Cancer 2022 17:21

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